hot–button

relating to or causing the expression of opposing opinions the new plan raises a number of hot-button issues that are sure to get voters riled up Synonyms argumentative, contentious, disputatious, hot-button, polemical (also polemic)Related Words delicate, difficult, knotty, problematic (also problematical), spiny, thorny, ticklish, touchy, toughNear Antonyms incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, undeniable, unquestionable; irrefutable; uncontested, undisputedAntonyms noncontroversial, safe, uncontroversial